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Translingual
| Stroke order
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Han character
冽 (Kangxi radical 15, 冫+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 戈一一弓弓 (IMMNN), four-corner 32100, composition ⿰冫列)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 132, character 15
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1637
- Dae Jaweon: page 296, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 297, character 2
- Unihan data for U+51BD
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 例
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*reds
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| 鮤
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*reds, *red
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| 栵
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*reds, *red
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| 洌
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*reds, *red
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| 銐
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*r'eds, *r̥ʰjeds
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| 峛
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*relʔ
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| 列
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*red
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| 裂
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*red
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| 烈
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*red
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| 冽
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*red
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| 迾
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*red
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| 蛚
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*red
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| 茢
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*red
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| 颲
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*red
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| 鴷
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*red
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| 挒
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*red
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| 姴
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*red
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *red) : semantic 冫 (“ice”) + phonetic 列 (OC *red).
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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冽
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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liè
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ ljet ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*C.rt/
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| English
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cold, raw
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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冽
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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8131
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Phonetic
component
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列
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Rime
group
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月
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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Old
Chinese
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/*red/
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Definitions
冽
- cold; frigid; freezing
- Alternative form of 洌 (liè, “pure; clear”)
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
冽
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Proper noun
冽 or 冽 • (Tadashi)
- a male given name
Korean
Hanja
冽 (eum 렬 (ryeol))
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Vietnamese
Han character
冽: Hán Nôm readings: liệt
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